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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mirage_online_uk5@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "m.online1@terra.es" <m.online1@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:10:21 +0100 (MET)
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY


Attn: To All Potential employees,

Would you like to work online from home and get paid on a weekly basis?
Well, MIRAGE GROUP Accra is offering you the opportunity to do so by offering you the position of a book-keeper/ representative resident in the U.S. the flexibility attached to this job is one that cannot affect your current job in any possible way.

Our company (MIRAGE U.K) produces and exports various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the U.S. Payments for these materials are made weekly in form of money orders, cashier’s checks, etc which are not readily cashable outside the united states, so we need a book-keeper/ representative in the U.S to assist us in processing the payments from our clients and will be paid on a weekly salary.

The Job description is defined below:

Receive these payments from our clients in the states get it cashed in your bank then deduct your weekly pay and forward the balance to the company down here via western union money transfer.

Keep accounts of all payment received, for all our statistical calculations.

Our payments will be issued out in your name or your company’s name and you get them cashed in your bank, deduct your weekly pay and forward the balance to the company via western union money transfer.

If you are willing to take this position, please send an email to mirage_online_uk5@yahoo.co.uk or call us on 00447031918529 and request an application form which you will fill out and return to the company for the processing of your employment with us.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Helen Smith,
Sales Representative,
U.K.





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